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Fuselage April 2005 Updates April 24, 2005 Bulkheads - 8.0 hrs Started riveting the rear bulkheads. Took my time because there are several rivet size changes and I didn't want to screw it up. Got all the pieces put riveted so I took the tailcone skin and clecoed the 3 small bulkheads to the skin. This skin is really thick and very stiff. This is going to take some work to get everthing straight. The instructions say its time to build the longerons but not enough time to get into that today. So I moved on to the center section. This called for getting the heavy wing spar piece that I built last month. I clecoed the floor ribs in place and then clecoed the 706 seatback bulkhead to the back side of the floor ribs. Next I will have to fabricate some spacers and then do some modifications to the center floor ribs. This website was built to document my work in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build any aircraft.